• 254 women, living in urban or rural sectors has been asked on the basis of a questionnaire. (theses.fr)
  • METHODS: Analyses are based on data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, a population-based study of men and women aged 65+ years at baseline. (inspq.qc.ca)
  • It is good news that more cities are stepping up to monitor air quality, so when they take actions to improve it they have a benchmark," says Dr Flavia Bustreo, WHO AssistantDirector General, Family, Women and Children's Health. (youscribe.com)
  • Based on this experience in Benin, the authors show that the presence of a first-line general practitioner is an original strategy that provides a major contribution to health promotion: reducing health inequalities between rural and urban populations, allowing women to receive medically assisted childbirth close to home, developing family planning activities, education and health care for chronic diseases, strengthening health coverage by participating in vaccination campaigns, etc. (sfsp.fr)
  • ABSTRACT We assessed the prevalence of breastfeeding and its determinants and mothers' knowledge and practices towards this issue among 354 women attending primary health centres for their child's 6- month vaccination in the region of Monastir in 2008. (who.int)
  • GENEVA  More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed WHO limits. (youscribe.com)
  • The sampling was in clusters, focused on subjects without known psychiatric disorder, non-health professionals and who consented to participate to the study in five areas for each of four districts drawn at random from the thirteen districts of Cotonou. (who.int)
  • Can exercise interventions enhance health-related quality of life among people with cancer undergoing active treatment? (medscape.com)
  • Exercise interventions on health-related quality of life for cancer survivors. (medscape.com)
  • Besides, the urban agriculture plays a role on an environmental basis, by recycling wastes and greening the city. (ac.be)
  • A mbient air pollution, made of high concentrations of small and fine particulate matter, is the greatest environmental risk to health-causing more than 3 million premature deaths worldwide ever year. (youscribe.com)
  • RESULTS: After adjustment for blood collection period, total plasma lipids, age, sex, education, apolipoprotein E e4 allele (ApoE4), tobacco and alcohol use, rural/urban residence, and comorbidities, elevated plasma PCB concentrations were not associated with increased prevalence of dementia and AD. (inspq.qc.ca)
  • Yusuf S. Patterns of risk factor prevalence for CVD globally by urbanization, gender and economic status of countries and individuals: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study of 153 996 people from 628 communities in 17 countries. (medscape.com)
  • When dirty air blankets our cities the most vulnerable urban populations -the youngest, oldest and poorest-are the most impacted. (youscribe.com)
  • Considerable effort has been made to provide rural African populations with basic health care, but the quality of this care remains unsatisfactory due to the absence of first-line GPs. (sfsp.fr)
  • The advantage of this concept is that it provides family medicine and primary health care in the same practice. (sfsp.fr)
  • However, the use of urban soils for food production and recreation raises the poignant question of the quality of these soils and potential health risks. (quae.com)
  • PM and PM .5 s such as include pollutant 10 2 sulfate, nitrates and black carbon, which penetrate deep into the lungs and into the cardiovascular system, posing the greatest risks to human health. (youscribe.com)
  • Beijer G - Rural Migrants in Urban Setting. (revue-population.fr)
  • Sidong Li et son équipe ont vérifié si l'association entre la durée en position assise et le risque cardiovasculaire était également observable dans les pays à revenu moyen ou faible, en se basant sur les données de l'étude Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology . (medscape.com)
  • Biodiversity is the subject of special attention due to a shared recognition of its ecosystem services and public policies integrate biodiversity as a structuring element in urban renewal projects within the PGM. (openedition.org)
  • The topics covered range from banking and finance to health and nutrition to courses in human rights, disaster risk management and security. (cinfo.ch)
  • A ccording to the latest urban air quality database, 98% of cities in low and middle income countries with more than 100 000 inhabitants do not meet WHO air quality guidelines. (youscribe.com)
  • Passage cities club based around a declaration of intent by cities, companies and voluntary bodies, in order to help educate urban representatives through the exchange of experience. (ville-en-mouvement.com)
  • A collection tools to help you accomplish reproductive health supplies-related goals. (rhsupplies.org)
  • A s urban air quality declines, the risk of stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and chronic and acute respiratory diseases, including asthma, increases for the people who live in them. (youscribe.com)
  • In the past two years, the database - now covering 3000 cities in 103 countries - has nearly doubled, with more cities measuring air pollution levels and recognizing the associated health impacts. (youscribe.com)
  • Bernard Swynghedauw presents the main groups of living organisms (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, virus), and evokes the link between this biodiversity and the health, insisting on two aspects: the dilution effect and the atopy. (canal-u.tv)
  • The urban living conditions constitute as many constraints as opportunities for the biodiversity. (canal-u.tv)
  • Within most major metropolises, public authorities are developing strategies to promote biodiversity, with a view to strengthening natural spaces in the urban fabric or to renaturalizing artificial spaces. (openedition.org)
  • In the African Region urban air pollution data remains very sparse, however available data revealed particulate matter (PM) levels above the median. (youscribe.com)
  • In general, urban air pollution levels were lowest in highincome countries, with lower levels most prevalent in Europe, the Americas, and the Western Pacific Region. (youscribe.com)
  • In the Eastern Mediterranean and SouthEast Asia Regions and low income countries in the Western Pacific Region, lev els of urban air pollution has increased by more than 5% in more than twothirds of the cities. (youscribe.com)
  • The PGM, Greater Paris Metropolis, created in 2016, brings together the Paris municipality and more than 130 other municipalities in a territorial establishment responsible for urban planning. (openedition.org)
  • From the example of Yaounde and one of its valleys (Ekosoa), we studied the different aspects of this agriculture and its status in the urban landscape. (ac.be)
  • Global urban air pollution levels increased by 8%, despite improvements in some regions. (youscribe.com)
  • Most sources of urban outdoor air pollution are well beyond the control of individuals and demand action by cities, as well as national and international policymakers to promote cleaner trans port, more efficient energy production and waste management. (youscribe.com)
  • Était au moment de la rédaction de l'article, assistant de recherche au Centre for Urban Health Solutions de l'Hôpital St Michael à Toronto (Ontario). (cfp.ca)
  • Coordonnatrice de la recherche au Centre for Urban Health Solutions de l'Hôpital St Michael. (cfp.ca)
  • Médecin de famille dans l'Équipe universitaire de santé familiale St Michael, scientifique au Centre for Urban Health Solutions de l'Hôpital St Michael, et professeur adjoint au Département de médecine familiale et communautaire de l'Université de Toronto. (cfp.ca)
  • Comme premier pas vers ce que nous espérons être un avenir meilleur, nous verserons 50 000 $ à la fondation Black Lives Matter, à la ligne d'aide Black Youth Helpline, à l'organisme Black Health Alliance, au Black Legal Action Centre et à la Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention. (urban-planet.com)